Work & The Workplace

Exploring new ways of working and the critical role the office plays in the future of work.

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LATEST REPORTS & ARTICLES

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Global Workplace Survey 2025

Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey 2025 reveals the importance of in-person work and insights on how workplaces can be better designed to support all forms of work for individuals and teams.

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Why Quality in Commercial Office Space Hinges on Workplace Experience

Demand is surging for premium office environments that deliver an effective workplace and a great work experience.

By Janet Pogue McLaurin

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Workplace Performance Index

Our Workplace Performance Index helps leaders create high-performing workplaces that support workers, unleash innovation, and drive business outcomes.

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U.S. Legal Workplace Survey 2025

We surveyed U.S. lawyers to understand how they are working across five work modes — and what spaces can support them to do their best work.

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UK Legal Workplace Survey 2025

We surveyed UK lawyers to understand how and where they work, and found that this varies greatly by role. This revealed opportunities to improve the legal workspace to foster greater visibility and collaboration.

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10 Workplace Trends for 2025: What’s In and What’s Out?

The workplace is evolving beyond a collection of experiences and becoming a space designed to foster intentional transformations.

By Janet Pogue McLaurin and Louis Schump

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Shared Futures: Corporate Real Estate Executives’ Strategies for 2025

This report combines various sources of data and findings to provide a forward-thinking perspective on CRE professionals’ expectations, priorities, and planned actions as the industry adapts to evolving workforce needs.

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Repopulating the Workplace: Why Collaboration Space Is in Danger

Despite their value, collaboration spaces are often the first to go when companies are looking for ways to repopulate the workplace.

By Craig O’Halloran and Erik Lucken

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Is Belonging the New Currency for Workplace Design?

By prioritizing belonging, we can create more impactful and transformative spaces that mitigate loneliness, foster connection, and drive value for people and organizations.

By Collin Peters, Luke Askwith, Jordan Cross, Yun Hi Yi, Annie Portner, and Mun Yi Cheng

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Global Workplace Survey 2024

Gensler’s workplace survey reveals what matters most to design high-performing workplaces and proposes a new precedent for measuring workplace performance.

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The Next Big Generation at Work May Not Be Who You Think

Historically, the fastest growing age group in the U.S. workforce has always been the upcoming generation. But not anymore.

By Erik Lucken

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When It Comes to Workplace Design, Beauty Drives Performance

Beauty plays a crucial role in driving workplace performance, going beyond mere aesthetics to shape overall functionality and impact the employee experience.

By Lindsay Roth

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Workplace as a Service: A Thought Experiment in Office Evolution

The concept of Workplace as a Service challenges traditional notions about work environments. Will this new design perspective help the office remain relevant?

By Christian Lehmkuhl

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How Your Workplace Can Supercharge Performance

What workplaces can learn from the gym and the football pitch about creating environments that inspire workers to stretch, develop, and achieve.

By Naomi Sakamoto

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A Field Guide to Authentic Amenities

To create authentic amenities that workers truly want, designers and companies should think outside the box.

By Todd Heiser and Eric Gannon

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The Carbon Footprint of Work

We quantified the true carbon cost of office work in multiple scenarios and cities to understand the best ways to reduce total associated carbon emissions.

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Redefining the Workplace for a New Era of Productivity and Engagement

This new era of work is not about obligation but about crafting a compelling experience that draws people in and encourages them to grow personally and professionally.

By Greg Gallimore

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Designing Workplaces to Strengthen Connection and Combat Loneliness

The workplace plays a key role in fighting against the growing loneliness epidemic.

By Lauren Vogel

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How to Create a Multigenerational Workplace

Here are six strategies organizations can use to cultivate environments where individuals of all ages feel valued, engaged, and empowered.

By Jaimelynn Shah

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The Shift to Extremes: Rethinking Office Design

Modern offices are increasingly designed with extremes in mind, featuring specialized spaces for both hyper-focus and hyper-collaboration.

By Christian Lehmkuhl

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6 Solutions for Designing a More Inclusive Workplace

In today’s changing work landscape, it’s critical to design environments where everyone feels safe, supported, and welcome.

By Amie Keener

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The Impact of Decentralized Finance on Next-Generation Workplace Experience

We explored how the development of financial technology and the emergence of decentralized finance have driven changes in the industry's workplace experience.

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How Workplaces in Tokyo Are Embracing Flexible Work

Tokyo is embracing flexible work to support a diverse workforce and companies are taking careful steps to design workplaces that meet modern expectations.

By Chinatsu Kaneko

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Gensler’s Mexico City Office: A Model for the Future Workplace

A model of workplace transformation, Gensler’s new Mexico City office blends authentic Mexican culture with forward-thinking design principles.

By Francesca Poma-Murialdo

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Gensler’s New San Francisco Office: A Prototype for the Future of Work

Gensler’s new San Francisco office is a living lab for sustainability and innovation, designed to support new ways of working.

By Randy Howder and Hao Ko

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A New Approach to London’s Dated Offices

To revitalise London’s dated office building stock, we must make these environments relevant and capable of attracting the best tenants and talent.

By Richard Harrison

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The Key to a Better Workplace? Understanding How and Where People Work Today

Our global workplace research uncovers insights into how new work patterns can help design better workplaces for the future.

By Janet Pogue McLaurin and Anita Grabowska

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Equity Through Design: How To Improve Hybrid Meetings

We investigated how thoughtfully designed conference rooms and new behaviors can support parity for in-person and remote participants, enabling each person to participate in a meaningful way.

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Open or Private? It’s Time for a New Workplace Model.

The debate of open versus private workspace has resurfaced. But today we work differently, it’s time for a new workplace model.

By Janet Pogue McLaurin

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Designing the 2030 Sustainable Office

We developed a framework that stakeholders can use to meet vital embodied and operational carbon targets and achieve sustainable offices by 2030.

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Global Workplace Survey Comparison 2023

We surveyed office workers around the globe to understand how the workplace should evolve to meet their needs.

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Singapore & Philippines Workplace Survey 2023

In Gensler’s inaugural Singapore and Philippines Workplace Survey, we explore what employees value in the office, spaces that have the most impact, and the benefits of designing high-performance workplaces.

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Designing Individual and Team Personas

To create more empathetic and inclusive workplace design, we sought to create a process of identifying and developing individual and team personas.

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Germany Workplace Survey 2023

We surveyed office workers in Germany to understand how they are using the office now and their ideal workplace of the future. We found that office workers value the office for social interaction and connection with their team.

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Middle East Workplace Survey 2023

Our survey of office workers across Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait reveals opportunities to make critical workplace changes to adapt to new workplace expectations.

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UK Workplace Survey 2023

We surveyed UK workers to understand how employees prioritise and experience workspace as work continues to evolve.

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Mexico Workplace Survey 2022

We surveyed office workers in Mexico to understand how they are using the office now and their ideal workplace of the future. As they return, employees want scheduled, purposeful interactions.

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Canada Workplace Survey 2022

We surveyed Canadian office workers to understand their preferred mix of experiences in the office to get work done.

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FEATURED WORKPLACE PROJECTS

Francis House, London HQ

London, United Kingdom

Edelman, a global communications firm, collaborated with Gensler to transform its London office into a curated work destination as part of its global strategy.

IBM Flagship Office at One Madison Avenue

New York, New York

The new workplace has become an empowering platform for IBM’s formerly distributed teams because of its client-centric amenities and team-focused collaboration and meeting spaces.

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Under Armour Global Headquarters

Baltimore, Maryland

Under Armour’s new global headquarters building in Baltimore’s Port Covington reaffirms the company’s long-term resilience commitment in a building, constructed almost entirely of mass timber.

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